QA Director Jobs in Minnesota

Job Title: Quality Assurance Manager food industry Company: Location: Minneapolis, MN Description: Quality Assurance Position in Food Industry with HACCP certification. Food Science experience helpful. Manager of Q/A department, motivational person, 2-5 yrs exp. SQF training a plus. Brad Register to View Fax Resume to Register to View

Job Title: Quality Assurance Manager - Medical Devices Company: MRINetwork Location: Saint Paul, MN Description: Quality Assurance Manager Medical Devices A leading medical device company has an urgent need for a Quality Assurance Manager for their sterilization and manufacturing facility in Minnesota. This position carries the responsibility for company-wide sterilization processes and systems. Knowledge of sterilization methods is required in ETO/EO, Gamma, E-Beam and/or Steam. The company manufactures a full line of single use plastic disposable products in the respiratory care and anesthesia markets, urology products, and injection systems such as syringes and prefilled pharmaceutical delivery devices. The company also has a full pipeline of new products ready for launch.  The company offers excellent compensation, benefits, and a relocation packages. QUALIFICATIONS ·         Masters degree in supporting discipline·         5+ years experience in the medical device industry·         Microbiology and sterility testing knowledge·         Broad knowledge of medical products manufacturing methods·         A successful history in the medical products industry with compliance to GMPs, FDA, SPIs, SOPs, ISO, and internal quality systems.·         SSBB, SSGB, or other Six Sigma knowledge and experience are a big plus. Please respond to this advertisement by attaching your resume in MS Word format to an email addressed to Register to View and John Boynton at MRI Atlanta Peachtree North will give you a call if you meet the requirements.  Please send a link if you are interested in joining my network of 8000+ industry executives on LinkedIn.                  Keywords, medical devices, abatement 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Job Title: QUALITY ASSURANCE MANAGER Company: J&B Group, Inc. Location: Saint Michael, MN Description: Employer Information About J&B Group, Inc. J&B Group, Inc. is a wholesale producer and distributor of quality food products based in St. Michael, Minnesota. We serve a variety of retail and foodservice customers offering a combination of wholesaling, branded products, custom food service cutting, cold storage, and transportation of a variety of meat, poultry, and deli food products. J&B Group is the producer of No Name Steaks® and Midwest Pride® products. J&B has been in business since 1979, has a solid reputation, and is aggressively de....more info View all our jobs Job We are seeking a strategic professional to manage the entire Quality Assurance function for all locations to develop long-term strategies while monitoring and promoting efficiency, safety, SQF, sanitation and quality. Reporting to the Vice President of Supply Chain, the QA Manager will be responsible for establishing processes and procedures to assure the company’s compliance with all government regulations regarding food safety. Also responsible for ensuring J&B Group is kept informed of changes to relevant legislation; scientific and technical developments and relevant industry codes of practice will be documented and implemented. Specific accountabilities include: Management: Provides strategic leadership and creates a positive workplace. Actions include employment decisions, disciplinary actions, writing and conducting performance evaluations, objective setting and associate development/training; planning, assigning, and directing work; addressing complaints and resolving problems for all locations. Manages SQF (Safe Quality Food) Program: Holds the responsibility and authority to lead the development and implementation of the Food Saftey Fundamentals, the Food Saftey Plan and the Food Quality Plan. Oversees development,implementation, review and maintenance of the Food Saftey & Quality System; takes appropriate action to maintain the integrity of the Food Saftey and Quality System; and communicates to relevant personnel all the information essential to ensure the effective implementation and maintenance of the Food Saftey & Quality System. Upholds the responsibility for establishing and implementing the training needs of J&B Group’s personnel to ensure they have the required competencies to carry out those functions effectng product legality, saftey and quality. Product Compliance: Develops product specifications and trains staff to check for product compliance to these specifications. Oversees Food Safety Programs: Works with the USDA inspection personnel to ensure all food safety programs like SQF, HACCP, SSOP, GMP, and all other pre-requisite programs are followed and re-assessing these programs when needed. Answers non-compliance reports when issued by the USDA. Sales Team Support: Partners with sales to promote J&B products, answering customer complaints, assists in problem solving for either sales or our customers in a host of different issues. We seek a results-driven professional with excellent planning and organizational skills, a strong customer focus and the proven ability to deliver results in a dynamic, fast-paced environment. Qualifications include: • Bachelor’s degree in meat science or related field preferred. • 5+ years experience in the meat processing industry. • 5+ years of progressive strategic QA management experience preferred. • Highly effective facilitation, presentation and verbal/written communication skills. • Excellent planning, time management, organization and decision-making skills. • Ability to build and maintain quality relationships with staff and customers. • Ability to identify and resolve customer issues and work effectively with diverse personalities. • Strong personal standards of excellence, ethics and integrity. • Proficiency with Microsoft Office products. • Must be able to travel up to 30 percent.

Job Title: Quality Assurance Manager Company: Kelly Scientific Resources Location: Minneapolis, MN Description: Kelly Scientific Resources currently has a direct hire opportunity available for a Quality Assurance Manager in the Metro area. Duties include-Manage the quality process of the dry product. Ensure HAACP compliance. Work with 3rd party auditors, Production Manager, and Maintenance Department.Requirements-SQF certified preferred. Bachelor degree in food science preferred. 3+ years of experience in Quality Control in a food plant.Proficient knowledge of safety programs: GMPS, HACCP, Sanitation. Strong attention to detail. Highly organized. Project management skills. Excellent communication skills. Computer skills; Word, Excel, Power Point, Outlook.

Job Title: QUALITY ASSURANCE MANAGER Company: Location: Minneapolis, MN Description: Seeking a expd. Quality Assurance Manager. Don't commute to the cities - work in beautiful Dresser, Wisconsin. Excellent position for an experienced Quality Manager. Exp. with Sheet Metal is a plus. Only qualifed individuals will be considered. The Quality Manager will establish, document, implement and maintain the Quality Management System and continually improve its effectiveness in accordance with provisions of the ISO 9001:2008 Standard. Please send resume with qualifications. This is a preview to placement position. Offering excellent benefits, 401K, holiday and vacation. For more information and job responsibilites/description - please call Melodee - Register to View .

Job Title: **Quality Assurance Manager (strong off shore mgmt exp)** Company: Location: Minneapolis, MN Description: Quality Assurance Manager We are looking for a Quality Assurance Manager to be responsible for coaching and mentoring the Quality Services team. This manager is expected to expand the use of Quality Control and Assurance when and where appropriate. Expansion may include the incorporation of new tools, process improvements, or following new directions in the Quality Assurance industry. The Manager is responsible for educating the organization and ensuring that the right choices are made to ensure Quality in company?s products. Responsibilities: -Directly supervises a group of local quality assurance test leads. -Responsible for leading the entire global testing function for the company, consisting of both onsite and offshore employees and consultants who test, evaluate, and validate IT initiatives and identify issues in software or services. -Maintains overall project plan for onsite and offshore testing activities including determining resource availability and allocation of resources to projects, and communicating constraints and delivery impacts to applicable company management. -Manages offshore resources by communicating with offshore counterpart(s) on acceptance test timeframes and high level testing requirements; defines scope and objective of all levels of QA testing, providing clarification and approvals on plans where appropriate. -Collaborates with offshore counterpart(s) on training needs, resource quality and/or performance issues. -Responsible for the design and implementation of company QA policies and procedures to ensure that quality standards are met during the entire software development life cycle; collaborates with offshore counterpart(s) to ensure compliance by offshore team as applicable. -Hires, develops, mentors, coaches, resolves team and individual conflicts. -Manages the performance of a staff of employees to assist the company in meeting its goals and to help staff grow professionally. -Drafts and delivers meaningful performance appraisals, performance documentation, and individual development plans. -Partners with IT management, business management, vendor partners and customers to understand business goals and strategies. -Consults with company management and staff regarding future Quality Services plans, budget, and requirements. -Leads the design and implementation of the Quality Assurance Methodology that will meet business needs and result in quality projects and products. -Seeks ways to improve the testing process by continually reviewing and evaluating the strategic plan and methodology for the QA team, communicating to internal and external stakeholders as appropriate. -Keeps company management informed of the status and risks to projects and ensures that accurate and timely reporting is in place. -Consults with cross-functional project teams as needed to ensure that all project initiatives are delivered and meet quality requirements. -Provides and analyzes performance metrics. -Provides support during testing and has the overall responsibility for ensuring that the assigned applications are implemented bug free. Qualifications: -Bachelors degree in computer science or engineering discipline, or equivalent combination of education and work experience, required. -Minimum 7-10 of increasingly responsible experience in the field of technical quality assurance or another area of software development. -Minimum 3 years formal supervisory experience of at least 3 people across multiple platforms and applications. -Track record of effectively staffing, performance management, professionally developing, clarifying roles and responsibilities, fostering teamwork, facilitating/resolving team or individual conflicts, providing mentoring, coaching and motivating information technology professionals, required. -At least 2-3 years of experience in effectively managing a global technical team (off-shore and virtual). This includes but not limited to working closely with vendor managers and vendor relationship managers, required. -Advanced knowledge of testing, including risk-based testing, Quality Assurance processes and methodologies, software development practices and methodologies, version control and defect management practices, required. -Experience with test automation, preferred. -Ability to derive effort vs. duration estimates, required. -Proficiency in project estimation, including (required): Ability to track schedules against baselines using MS Project and Ability to derive effort vs. duration estimates -Experience with testing the following, required: IVR systems, SOA and/or web services, Web Interfaces, Web technologies: Java, ASP, HTML, Application servers: IIS, Web Logic, Web Sphere, and Oracle databases -Experience in using test management tools (Quality Center, QTP, LoadRunner) -Experience in Black-Box & White Box testing. -Experience in testing and project management within an agile software development methodology. -Ability to lead daily stand-up or scrum task meetings. -Local candidates only, no relocation (Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area) -Cannot transfer visas or work with third parties

Job Title: QA Manager-Direct Hire Company: Adecco E&T Location: Arden Hills, MN Description: Adecco Engineering and Technical, a division of the world leader in the recruitment of engineering and information technology professionals, has an immediate opening for a QA Manager opportunity with our leading client company in Arden Hills. This is a direct, full-time, permanent hiring opportunity. Visa sponsorship or transfer is not available. In addition to general QA Testing functions, this position will require previous experience with the transitioning of manual testing to the deployment of automated testing tools for hardware, software and firmware. Proficiency will be required with Visual Basic and .Net Framework. BS Degree with a minimum of 5-years in QA Management will be required. Additionally, your background must include vendor sourcing and equipment procurement; expertise with QA procedures and ISO Quality standards; continuous improvement, and developing tactical strategies for future hardware and software tests. If you are interested in this opportunity please email your resume directly to Register to View Resume content or cover letter must provide clear, concise information regarding your previous work history with regards to overseeing manual to automated testing. Our client requires both pre-employment criminal and drug screening.The Adecco Group is a Fortune Global 500 company and the global leader in HR services. Our group connects over 700,000 associates with our business clients each day through our 6,600 offices in over 70 countries and territories around the world. Adecco Engineering and Technical is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Job Title: Quality Assurance (Manager, Director) Company: Volt Workforce Solutions Location: Chaska, MN Description: is passionate about providing the best job opportunities for our employees. We understand that people respond to people. At Volt you get the personal attention you deserve. We work hard to develop meaningful relationships with our customers and employees. This allows us to provide the best match between employer and employee. We currently have the following position available.Director of Quality AssuranceJob Purpose: To contribute to our customers' success, by developing and maintaining world class quality assurance systems that create a competitive advantage in quality.Definition of Terms: Quality- processes, materiel and products that meet customer and regulatory specifications.Assurance- reliable, lean, doable processes that cause quality when followed.Readiness- capable of being in the desired state or condition.(#1 - 50%) Develop and maintain a lean, world-class quality assurance system that gives Our clients a competitive advantage in quality. Develop and ensure that processes accurately check incoming shipments for compliance to customer, company and regulatory specificationsImplement a strong vendor management program that ensures that all vendor quality issues are follow up with a corrective action, preventive action reportDevelops systems that build quality and "error proofing" into all processesDevelop metrics and KPI's to ensure that decisions are made using sound data(#2 - 20%) Develop and maintain robust processes that ensure that all products meet or exceed our client's tolerances and specifications. Develop processes and systems that ensure product safety is our #1 priority Develop Change-Over processes that ensure equipment is cleaned in a sanitary mannerAudit and test raw materials, water, finished products and processes, compare results to specs and report findings in a value-added and timely mannerConduct training of "best practices" in product safety and plant hygiene to "normalize" desired process outcomes(#3 - 10%) Develop a Facility Audit program that maintains Plant readiness when followed.Develops a process for auditing our quality systems: internal, external and third party ensuring that we are getting better every yearDevelop criteria that will assure a state of constant readiness in the plant when followedEnsure timely execution of Facility Audits and provide feedback needed to ensure readinessEnsure that customer audits are conducted in timely, effective, manner and reported on time to all parties(#4 - 10%) Develop a customer satisfaction feedback process.Develop criteria that our clients feel are value addedDevelop metrics for the organization to ensure we "WOW" the customer(#5 - 10%) Develop and maintain an organization of high performing people, who are aligned with our clients Vision, Purpose and Values.Selection- finds and retains the right people in each position and selects the right candidateTraining- provides employees the skill and information they need to perform their jobs successfully and follows through to ensure learningManagement\Leadership- Coaches employees to succeed and develops them for the futureCorrection and Redirection- addresses chronic unacceptable performance in a way that causes improvementPerformance Evaluation- Objectively values and defines performance against outcomes and standardsEmployee development- Follows a plan to develop performance and prepare people in their career developmentTermination- Knows how to document employee performance, and construct a case leading to correct termination decisions(#6 - %) Perform other work as assigned.Requirements: Prior Experience:This position requires more than 7 years and less than 15 years of successful experience in an executive quality assurance position in an effective Lean environment in the food or fluids filling or manufacturing. Knowledge Requirements:To be effective, this position requires Customer Focus, Constant Improvement and Results Orientation as core character traits. This position requires manufacturing aptitude and experience" and ability. It has a high demand for manufacturing short to mid run product cycles in a highly effective and profitable manner. Requires an understanding and direct experience with lean methodology, kaizen, and kanban. IQ, OQ, PQ, Six Sigma, GMP, HACCP, OTC., Micro. Knowledge is normally acquiredthrough four years of college resulting in a Bachelor's Degree or equivalent.Certifications or required class attendance:ASQ membership, Six Sigma cert is a plus.Work Demands: This position will require moderate to high work hours beyond the normal workday based on market opportunities, volume of business, and specific sales goals. It has a high demand for capturing new markets, and customers, and sourcing new product development and innovation. This position entails work of a cyclical nature. This position will experience moderate interruption in workflow. It has a moderate rate of overnight and day travel.Physical Demands: Moderate (up to 8 hours per day) bending, pushing, pulling, climbing stairs, reaching, lifting and graspingFrequent (2 to 5 hours per day) standing and walkingContinuous (6 or more hours per day) sitting, talking, and repetitive motion, hand/wrist movement (keyboarding) Sensory requirements: Good eyesight, normal hearing, ability to speak clearly and to be understood in the English language. Continuous exposure to chemicals and fragrances used on the personal care, OTC, industriesWork Schedule: This position usually works for eight (8) hours during the period of 7:00 am to 7:00 pm. However, hours of work are flexible and will fluctuate based on the needs of the business and the customers. The job may require a maximum of 5-15 hours of work beyond the normal weekly work schedule depending on work demands. The work hours can vary depending on customer requirements.

Job Title: Associate Director of Quality Assurance Company: Luxottica Group Location: Minneapolis, MN Description: Job Responsibilities:   ·         Strategically lead the laboratory operations for a group of stores.  Ensure the achievement of Luxottica Retail corporate goals and quality standards of excellence while continuously striving to achieve legendary customer service.   ·         Provide RQC’s with strategic direction to optimize customer service/satisfaction as measured by: quality of product, consistent production and communication of one hour service, minimization of remakes, breakage and special orders and well trained, enthusiastic associates.   ·         Empower RQC’s to develop quality laboratory leadership that will enable the group to produce only the highest quality eyewear in about an hour.  Ensure the use of tools to assist in development such as: manpower/succession planning, laboratory training programs as well as continuing education and performance management.  Provide input to corporate regarding training needs and new training system development.   ·         Ensure superior quality products and foster a commitment to quality at all levels of the RVP Group.  Provide RQC’s with the tools and direction to maximize quality at all times.   ·         Create a safe laboratory environment through ensuring all Federal, State and Local laws as well as Company guidelines/policies are adhered to without exception.  Support and ensure implementation of all safety/regulatory programs/policies to include laboratory audits, chemical use/storage/disposal, electrical certification and others as needed.  Provide input to Cincinnati Service Center regarding safety/regulatory issues based on field learning.   ·         Analyze costs and other key measurements to make effective business decisions.  Advise RVP and Sr. Director Quality Manufacturing of inefficiencies and recommendations for change as appropriate.  Continually strive for improvements to bring greater efficiencies while maintaining highest quality product.   ·         Provide individual guidance to RQC’s including performance reviews, development plans and ongoing feedback concerning their performance as needed.   Qualifications:   ·         College degree with major in manufacturing or equivalent experience ·         Optical certification – ABO, Optical State License or equivalent experience ·         5+ years multi-unit manufacturing management experience ·         3+ years of Optical Laboratory Management ·         7+ years of Optical eyewear manufacturing experience   Associates on a corrective action within the last 12 months are ineligible to apply. Luxottica Retail is an Equal Opportunity Employer